The body of a missing Mexican butterfly conservationist was found in a well. The 'Defender of the Monarch Butterfly' might have come into conflict with illegal loggers while carrying out his work, according to Mexico's State Commission for Human Rights
Homero Gomez Gonzalez, 55, had been missing since January 13, police told CNN Espanol. He was found in Ocampo, Michoacán state, Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said during a Thursday press conference.Homero GomezLopez Obrador called Gomez's death"lamentable and painful" and vowed to continue to fight criminal groups believed to be behind his disappearance and death.
Read MorePeople carry the coffin with the remains of Mexican environmentalist Homero Gomez, during his funeral procession in El Rosario village.The news came as the migrating butterflies nearly lost their endangered status thanks to Mexico's butterfly habitat, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund."The latest survey of monarch butterfly habitat in Mexico is a testament to the power of conservation.
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